Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-16
THE OLD WORLD.
Interesting Notes From Across
the Atlantic.
Traces OF a German Spy-Extensive SWin-
dIes-EvictIOns in IreIand-FlOods IN
AustrIa-Duef In France-AsIatiC
FalsehoOd-Etc.

PARIS June THE Journal du HdVTe, in,
an article upon the recent Champagne dis
aster, says that all the unclaimed baggage
was brought to Havre. Among this bag
gage were a few valises and two or three
trunks. These have just been opened for
the purpose of tracing their owners. In one
of the trunks a singular discovery was
made On the trunk was the name of q
German staff officer. In the trunk cards
bearing the name and rank were found .
There were also in his trunk accurate and
complete sketches of various forts and pro-
tected places in France, which were clearly
the work of a spy. There were other papers
in the trunk which further established the
identity of the officer i'll question, who, IL IS
now believed. was lost during the disaster.
EXTENSIVE swINDLEs.
PARIS, June S.-Paris officials are very
much disturbed over the discovery of very
large forgeries through which a number Of
leading banks in Paris and throughout
Europe have lost large sums These for
geries consist Of very skillfully concocted
letters of credit, purporting to be issued by
the Anglo California Bank of San Francisco.
The letters of credit are always presented
by very gentlemanly-looking men, who
have with them letters establishing their
identity. Every thingis in such regular form
that many of the most prominent banks
have been deceived. The largest sum
estimated that this gang of swindlers have
succeeded IN getting 100000 from various
European banks through these fraudulent
letters of credit, and have thus far escaped
arrest.
BoDYKE EvICTIoSs.
DUBLIN, uneS.-The evictions at Bodyke
were continued yesterday. Tenant Nc
Namara, who was behind in his rent, de-
Tended his house, but the bailiffs broke a
hole in the wall. Logs and boiling water
were thrown through the hole at the evict-
ing force. A policeman, who was holding
the ColonePs umbrella, dashed through the
opening made by the baihffs, and other OFF,
GERS followed him. A fight ensued and the
tenants were evicted and afterward ar
rested. The bailiffs charged the tenants
with having thrown vile rot upon them, but
this is denied. A tenant named Murphy
made similar resistance OF eviction from
his holding.
THE AUSTRIAN FLOODS.
VIENNA, June S.-The work of strength
ening the Mako dixie to enable it to with
stand the floods has been suspended, and q
breach is momentarily expected. At many
points soldiers have taken the place of the
workmen who were anxious to attend to
the safetyof their own houses and belong
ings The Government has sent $4,000 TO
aid sufferers at Fasarhelie, where all the
inhabitants. men and women, young and
DID, are working 10 strengthen the olkeS.
A FRENCH DUEL.
PARIS June S.-M. Arene, member of the
Deputies, challenged NJ. Mayer, editor of
La LdEteTne, for an attack through the col
umns of that paper on the COrsicans. NJ
Mayer accepted the challenge, and the
duel was fought to-day. Clemenceau and
Lockray acted as seconds for M Mayer,
and NJ. Reineach, editor of La ReplebLQue,
and Deputy, for NJ. Arene. Swords were
used. NJ. Mayer was slightly wounded in
the hand and arm.
CONSIDERED UNwISE.
DUBLIN, June Sat the regular fort
nightly meeting of the National League
held here to-day the concensus Of opinion
of those present was that the course of
Davitt in advising tenants to resist eviction
by every means in their power was not
wise. Timothy Harrington, secretary of
the League announced that the organizing
council would implore the tenants not to
allow any thing to drive them to violence,
which would be to play in the enemies
hands.
SAID TO BE LIE.
ST. PETERSBURG, June SIT is asserted
that the recent story that fourteen Box
haran officials at Kerki were murdered by
Afghans because they refused TO incite the
inhabitants to resist the Russian advance
was a pure invention, being simply pre-
text for the occupation of Kerki.
GUSBoAT EvICTIoNs.
DUBLIN. June S.-The gunboat Banterer
took the sheriff of County Clare and a
body of police Clare Islsnd, where they
evicted twelve tenants. The scenes wit
messed while the writs Of eviction were be